Biology:MBNL2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


A representation of the 3D structure of the protein myoglobin showing turquoise α-helices.
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Muscleblind-like protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MBNL2 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a C3H-type zinc finger protein, which is similar to the Drosophila melanogaster muscleblind B protein. Drosophila muscleblind is a gene required for photoreceptor differentiation. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described but the full-length natures of only some have been determined.[2]

References

  1. "Three proteins, MBNL, MBLL and MBXL, co-localize in vivo with nuclear foci of expanded-repeat transcripts in DM1 and DM2 cells". Hum Mol Genet 11 (7): 805–14. Apr 2002. doi:10.1093/hmg/11.7.805. PMID 11929853. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: MBNL2 muscleblind-like 2 (Drosophila)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10150. 

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